You will get most of the Entrez Gene annotation such as gene symbol, gene name and description, accession numbers associated with the gene, etc. Almost all of these are given as Bio::AnnotationI objects.

The second variable returned, $genestructure, is a Bio::Cluster::SequenceFamily object. It contains all Refseqs and the genomic contigs that are associated with the particular gene. The third variable, $uncaptured, is a reference to a plain array.

You can also modify the output to allow back compatibility with the old LocusLink parser:

FEEDBACK

Mailing Lists

User feedback is an integral part of the evolution of this and other Bioperl modules. Send your comments and suggestions preferably to the Bioperl mailing list. Your participation is much appreciated.

bioperl-l@bioperl.org - General discussion
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Support

Please direct usage questions or support issues to the mailing list:

bioperl-l@bioperl.org

rather than to the module maintainer directly. Many experienced and reponsive experts will be able look at the problem and quickly address it. Please include a thorough description of the problem with code and data examples if at all possible.

Reporting Bugs

Report bugs to the Bioperl bug tracking system to help us keep track of the bugs and their resolution. Bug reports can be submitted via the web:

https://github.com/bioperl/bioperl-live/issues

AUTHOR - Stefan Kirov

Email skirov at utk.edu

CONTRIBUTORS

Hilmar Lapp, hlapp at gmx.net

APPENDIX

This parser is based on Bio::ASN1::EntrezGene module.

The rest of the documentation details each of the object methods. Internal methods are usually preceded with a _